Nogara
Encyclopedia
Nogara is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Verona
in the Italian
region Veneto
, located about 100 km southwest of Venice
and about 30 km south of Verona
.
Nogara borders the following municipalities: Erbè
, Gazzo Veronese
, Isola della Scala
, Salizzole
, Sanguinetto
, and Sorgà
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Verona
Province of Verona
The Province of Verona is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Verona.-Overview:The province has an area of 3,109 km², and a total population of 912,981...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
, located about 100 km southwest of Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
and about 30 km south of Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
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Nogara borders the following municipalities: Erbè
Erbè
Erbè is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 110 km west of Venice and about 20 km south of Verona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,619 and an area of 15.9 km²....
, Gazzo Veronese
Gazzo Veronese
Gazzo Veronese is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km south of Verona....
, Isola della Scala
Isola della Scala
Isola della Scala is a comune of c. 10,000 inhabitants in the Province of Verona in the Italian region of Veneto, located about 90 km west of Venice and about 20 km southeast of Verona....
, Salizzole
Salizzole
Salizzole is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km west of Venice and about 20 km southeast of Verona...
, Sanguinetto
Sanguinetto
Sanguinetto is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km southwest of Venice and about 30 km southeast of Verona...
, and Sorgà
Sorgà
Sorgà is a comune with 3115 inhabitants in the province of Verona....
.
Main sights
- Chapel of St. Peter, known from 905. It was the pievePieveIn the Middle Ages, a pieve was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.The Italian word pieve is descended from Latin plebs which, after the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people...
which Nogara gradually grew from during the early Middle Ages. - Church of St. Sylvester (12th century).
- Church of St. Gregory the Great (1533).
- Palazzo Maggi (16th century).
- Villa Marogna (1548)